iPad iOS 7 JB on iPad 2 Performance

Can anyone that has Jailbroken iOS 7 on the iPad 2 comment about the overall performance and smoothness of their JB iPad.

I'm hesitant because I jailbroke a 2nd gen iPod Touch a few years ago and the performance became really, REALLY sluggish after jailbreaking. I haven't really used an iOS device in the past ~3 years so I've been away from the scene. But I recently was able to get my hands on an old iPad 2 and want to JB it. It will be used lightly so I could deal with it being a little sluggish but it shouldn't be unbearable like my old iPod Touch became after Jailbreaking it.

The iPad currently runs 4.3.4 (don't ask...), and it works fine. It's still pretty smooth. Now i'm debating if I should upgrade to iOS 7, upgrade to iOS 7 AND JB it, or leave it at 4.3.4.

What are your thoughts? How is the iPad 2 on iOS 7?

Lastly, if I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, can I still downgrade to an older version of iOS to make the performance more reasonable.

Try again. Worked fine for me. Didn't need to do anything special. Didn't need to turn off/on reduced blur or anything. All I did was restored IOS 7.1b2. Afterwards did a jailbreak. I'm on an iPad 2 Wifi.

Try again. Worked fine for me. Didn't need to do anything special. Didn't need to turn off/on reduced blur or anything. All I did was restored IOS 7.1b2. Afterwards did a jailbreak. I'm on an iPad 2 Wifi.

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I've tried from a fresh restore about 9 times. I'm on an original mini. Even on 7.0.4 it wouldn't work until I killed wifi.

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